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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Above, Cornell assistant coach, Mike Blaine tweets that the Big Red received a visit on Monday from former Cornell head coach, Tom Miller. Below, some Tuesday news and notes...

Penn senior, Andreas Schreiber told the Daily Pennsylvanian that his second most memorable moment in his Penn basketball career was the win "over #16 ranked Cornell last year. Even though I was hurt and didn't play in it, it was the most emotional win I've ever been a part of. I think everyone who was at that game would agree. Even President Gutmann was emotional in the locker room."

The Associated Press (via Boston Globe) writes of Temple's NCAA position, "The Owls are the favored seed for the second straight year, having lost to No. 12 Cornell last year [in the first round]."

Previewing the Belmont-Wisconsin first round game in the NCAA Tournament, the Score.com writes, " It’s worth realizing that Wisconsin, as a No. 4 seed last year, barely escaped 13th-seeded Wofford in the first round and then got drilled by No. 12 seed Cornell in the second round."

A Purdue blog, JumboHeroes writes of Wisconsin, " I know, I know, Wisconsin likes to underachieve. I get that. Isn’t Belmont the same as Cornell was last year? Kind of. They do have a bunch of guys that are crazy from beyond the arc. The difference? Belmont has one Senior that plays relevant minutes. I think Cornell had 7?"

OnlineBasketballBetting.net makes a big error when it writes, "It was just last year when Kentucky dispatched of another Ivy League Cinderella hopeful, Cornell, in the opening round, 62-45." While Kentucky did defeat Cornell, it was not in the opening round of the Tournament, but rather in the regionals, the Sweet 16.